When the fossil was first dug out from the soil, there was a lot of soil on it. Wang Xiaoshan only saw the fossil on it, but he didn't know what it was.
After the fossils were moved out, the staff surrounding the pit took tools and began to clean the soil above. Everyone was used to Wang Xiaoshan's method of digging for treasures.
Every time Wang Xiaoshan digs out fossils, there is dirt on them. If you want to know what kind of dinosaur fossils they are, you have to wait for him to clean them up slowly, or help him clean them up.
The staff at Huangshan chose the latter to help Wang Xiaoshan clean the soil on the fossils, so that they could see the animals on the fossils for the first time.
During the cleaning process, some people vaguely guessed what kind of animal it was from the appearance of the fossil, and this led to the scene just now.
There were many types of dinosaurs in ancient times. These workers could tell that they were dinosaurs from the land, sea, and sky, but they could not name the exact names.
After the fossils were cleaned, Wang Xiaoshan let the staff look at them for three to five minutes, which was regarded as a reward for cleaning the fossils, so that someone would clean the fossils for him for free in the future.
After a while, Wang Xiaoshan took the camera and let the audience in the live broadcast room take a look at the fossils he had just dug up.
The audience couldn't wait for a long time. The sound of the live broadcast was turned on. The audience just heard what the staff said. The audience can't wait to see this fossil now.
"Dear viewers, this is the fossil I just dug out of the pit. Now it has been cleaned up and you can clearly see the animals on the fossil!"
[Lao Wang is really good at digging holes. If he says he can dig out fossils, he will be able to dig them out. Since Lao Wang has done well, I will let my sister give you a good reward tonight! 】
[Lao Wang did not disappoint us. Lao Wang is great. The fossils dug out today are also very unique. Lao Wang, please explain them to us! 】
[This fossil looks a bit like a bird, but also a bit like a chicken. It would be great if there were hairs on the fossil, so you really can’t tell whether it was a dinosaur that flew in the sky or ran on land!]
[Some staff just said it was a bird, but I think it is a chicken, especially the pair of chicken feet and shriveled chicken wings!]
[This fossil is too small. If it were larger, I would definitely think it was a phoenix, especially the long tail, which is so similar to a phoenix.]
The fossils excavated this time had a rather special appearance. Many viewers began to guess what kind of animal it was when they first saw the fossil.
The animal on the fossil looks very much like a plucked chicken. Three of the forelimbs are curved. Now there are no hairs on them. If there were hairs, they would be almost the same as chicken wings.
There are clearly visible claws on the hind limbs, there are rib-like bones in the chest, and the head is a bit pointed. At first glance, it looks a bit like a chicken.
This dinosaur fossil is nearly 80 centimeters long with the tail on the back. Without the tail on the back, it would be easy to think that it is a dinosaur chicken fossil.
"The dinosaur excavated this time is not a chicken. The limbs on the fossil are four wings. This is a dinosaur with four wings."
"The name of this dinosaur is Tetraptera, because it has four wings. In addition to a pair of wings, its lower limbs also have feathers that are almost the same as the wings."
"When flying, the wings and lower limbs of the forelimbs can control the direction, glide and slow down!"
"This is a small dinosaur that can only fly. It mainly glides and cannot fly freely like a bird. This dinosaur has a body length of less than one meter and is one of the smallest known dinosaurs."
The skeleton of the four-winged dragon excavated by Wang Xiaoshan is very complete and clear. This dinosaur has a long and straight tail.
The length of this tail accounts for two-thirds of the entire dinosaur body, and the tail is quite long.
Both the forelimbs and hind limbs have the same feathers, which is unique among all known dinosaurs.
[It turns out that this is a dinosaur that can fly in a wingsuit. I didn’t expect that dinosaurs in ancient times actually liked to play like this! 】
[Lao Wang is so amazing. You dug up such a strange dinosaur. Such a small one that can only glide is a bit like a flying squirrel! 】
[This kind of bird-like dinosaur has evolved to the stage where it is covered with feathers. It seems that birds really may have evolved from dinosaurs!]
[The fossils excavated by Lao Wang are really getting more and more confusing. This dinosaur looks like a bird from ancient times. The problem is that it can't really fly! 】
[If this kind of dinosaur can only glide, it can only live in the forest. It is not big and can usually eat small insects!]
After listening to Wang Xiaoshan's introduction, the audience felt that this dinosaur was a bit magical. It had wings and could not really fly, but could only glide. This kind of animal does exist in nature.
Animals like vultures have relatively weak flying abilities. They often use an energy-saving way of flying, which is gliding.
For the four-winged dragon Wang Xiaoshan dug up this time, fluffing its wings a few times while gliding is also useful, but the effect is not good. They are better at gliding than flying.
Many viewers have never seen the dinosaurs that Wang Xiaoshan excavated this time. Not many of these very small dinosaurs have been unearthed across the country.
Many museums do not have the fossils of this dinosaur. Although some museums do, the fossils of Tetraptera are incomplete.
A complete four-winged dragon fossil with clearly visible bones like the one excavated by Wang Xiaoshan this time is definitely the only one in China, and complete dinosaur fossils are of extremely high value.
"The forelimbs of this tetrapteran have been transformed into bird-like wings, which do not have a grasping function like other dinosaurs."
"The hind limbs are thin and curved, especially suitable for climbing branches. The four-winged dragon should be sliding down from the tree!"
"They can glide close to the water and wait for opportunities to catch marine animals such as small fish and shrimps. Of course, they can also catch some small insects!"
[Lao Wang, do you think the four-winged dragon accelerated on the ground and used this power to fly? Anyway, it’s okay to run and fly if you have legs! 】
[It is better to make the wings of the forelimbs bigger and the hind limbs to directly degenerate into feet. Gliding is not as fun as flying. Gliding is too limited!]
[Birds that can climb trees are quite funny when I think about it. There were no fully evolved creatures in ancient times. It’s really interesting that there were no fully evolved creatures! 】
[Four-winged dragons are quite good at eating. Knowing that shrimps are highly nutritious, they catch shrimps to eat. This kind of dinosaur should live in inland areas with many rivers and lakes! 】
[This kind of small dinosaur should look quite docile, unlike other dinosaurs that either have sharp teeth or are so huge that they can crush people to death with one kick! 】
In the audience's perception, birds generally fly, and a few gliding birds also jump and glide from places such as high mountains.
This is the first time the audience has heard of a tree-climbing and gliding animal like a four-winged dragon. Tree-climbing and gliding can easily remind people of small animals like flying squirrels that climb trees and glide.
In ancient times, animals that were not fully evolved would often have animals that looked like birds but not birds, or looked like fish but not fish.
These animals also evolved into what they are now in order to survive. In the era of dinosaurs, when the jungle was strong and the jungle was strong, if you wanted to survive, you had to evolve or adapt to the environment at that time.
The audience is still very interested in these small dinosaurs that are not too dangerous, especially because these small dinosaurs can eat small fish and shrimps without any problems.
Wang Xiaoshan has been digging in the barren mountains for so long. This is the first time he has found a dinosaur that is relatively small and very close to modern animals!
Although big dinosaurs are very domineering, small dinosaurs are even cuter. Many viewers are particularly interested in this four-winged dragon.
This four-winged dragon is now naked and unsightly. It would be very attractive if it had hair.
"I just said that the hind limbs of Tetraptera are very thin and are not suitable for running and flying. The thin legs are easy to break when running. It is safer to glide in the trees."
"According to research, the feathers of Tetraptera are not colorful. In fact, its feathers are black with blue-green colors!"
"Interested viewers can go online to find some information. There should be restoration pictures of the four-winged dragon online!"
[The black color reminds me of crows. Isn’t this the ancestor of crows? It would be more beautiful if it were colorful, but the black one is a bit unsightly!]
[Judging from the fossils, it seems that the hind limbs of Tetraptera are not as thick as chicken paws. The legs are too thin. Not to mention running away, if they are a little stronger, they will easily break!]
[Gliding is also pretty good. At that time, the dinosaurs were not sure whether flying was very useful, so they could only evolve half of it to see the effect!]
[It would be nice to be able to evolve wings. I really want to have a pair of wings that can fly. I am tired of running on land every day. I want to fly! 】
[Don’t mention that many people have dreams of flying. Humans in ancient times have thought about flying, or there would be no airplanes. 】
Human beings are still somewhat fascinated by flying, especially wingsuit flying, soaring in the sky like a bird.
That feeling must be great, but wingsuit flying is also extremely dangerous, and flying is still a bit difficult for people who have been born on land.
Finally, Wang Xiaoshan took the camera and asked the audience to take a closer look at the four-winged dragon. The audience did not observe carefully until they heard the introduction.
Now that I have finished listening, I want to let the audience take a closer look at the appearance of this four-winged dragon, especially the four wings and the long tail.
After showing it to the audience, Wang Xiaoshan went to the side to take a rest. He first asked the audience to send back the barrage discussion and let others take a look at the four-winged dragon he dug up just now.
The staff who were surrounding the pit did not leave. When Wang Xiaoshan was talking just now, everyone also listened to the popular science and let these staff know a little about this dinosaur.
When Wang Xiaoshan was talking, he couldn't go into too much detail due to time constraints. If he wanted to know more about it, he could only look up information online.
Although this kind of dinosaur appears relatively rarely, there is still a lot of information about Tetraptera on the Internet, and it is not difficult to understand it.
Some staff members who were interested in Tetrapterygoid heard Wang Xiaoshan say the name of the dinosaur and went to the Internet to check relevant information.
The staff usually only ask Wang Xiaoshan when they encounter something they don’t understand. For example, if some information can be found online, everyone will go online to read the information first.
There are dozens of staff members in Huangshan, but there is only one Wang Xiaoshan. If you ask him all the questions, he will have nothing to do all day but answer questions.
When Wang Xiaoshan sees some interesting comments during his break, he will also answer them for the audience. If they are too novice questions, he usually just ignores them.
Now that everyone else is looking at the fossils, Wang Xiaoshan can only interact with the audience for a while.
If fossils can be dug out from other pits, he will let the audience take a look. If they can't be dug out, he is going to let the audience look at this four-winged dragon all afternoon.
After a while, there were fewer people looking at the Tetraptera fossils, and experts who were studying fossils in other pits also came over.
These experts did not come to join in the fun because there were too many people just now, but now there are fewer people and they quickly came to see it. The experts are also interested in the fossils newly excavated by Wang Xiaoshan.
Usually Wang Xiaoshan is busy digging fossils in the pit, and the experts have no chance to find and chat. When the fossils were just dug out, he was resting, and the experts came over.
These old experts were watching and discussing with Wang Xiaoshan. The fossils they had seen were limited. What they just heard from Wang Xiaoshan was so professional that they wanted him to talk more.
It just so happened that during the live broadcast, Wang Xiaoshan let the audience look at the fossils and chatted with these old experts. It happened that the audience in the live broadcast room also listened.
Some viewers have seen these old experts in some programs, and they are all well-known experts, and their words are very credible.
The audience also likes to listen to these old experts talking. It is actually quite boring to look up information on the Internet. It is very interesting to listen to a group of experts discussing.
[Lao Wang is so awesome. The experts who chat with Lao Wang are all well-known. Lao Wang’s level is getting higher and higher! 】
[Didn’t you hear it just now? During the discussion, the experts were saying that what Lao Wang said was right and well said. Lao Wang’s current theoretical knowledge is extraordinary! 】
[I feel that these experts are all younger brothers in front of Lao Wang, and Lao Wang’s professional knowledge has surpassed these old experts!]
[Lao Wang is too low-key. If he keeps a high profile, he has now become a national-level archaeologist. Maybe foreign countries will come to dig him up! 】
[Lao Wang’s specialty is treasure hunting. Lao Wang is very proficient in anything related to treasures. Whether it’s ancient or ancient, as long as it’s a treasure, there’s nothing he doesn’t understand! 】
The experts were discussing fossils with Wang Xiaoshan, and the audience was discussing Wang Xiaoshan in the live broadcast room.
Now the audience is increasingly discovering that Wang Xiaoshan is so awesome. The people chatting with him are all veteran experts. Being able to chat with experts shows that his knowledge reserve has reached the expert level.
At this time, Li Miaomiao was listening to the discussion between the experts and Wang Xiaoshan like a good baby. The discussions between them were all very professional.
Li Miaomiao could understand most of the discussion, but could not understand a few parts. She and Wang Xiaoshan had spent so many days digging in the barren mountains and learned a lot about fossils.
Li Miaomiao's knowledge of so many fossils is all due to Wang Xiaoshan. Without Wang Xiaoshan's usual guidance, she might have been an ignorant novice.